The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-07-25
The MINERAL PRODUCTS.
VALUE IN ROUND NUMBERS FOR
1886, $i05, 100000.
Gen. VIM. Mckee Dunn Dead-Ran.
dali and the Internal Revenue
Boss Shephe d Delighted.

creased in round numbers from $428,-
OO0, 1000 in 1885, to 1896, 900, COO in 1855.
The important factor 10 this gain of
&97, 600, 900 was tle increased produc.
ton Of pig | on from 4,045,5 55 long
tons in 1885, to 5,6SS,3 long tons in
1885, and az appreciation Of 70 cents
In the average value per ton, making
q total gain Of $50, 1850 in t-is In
dusty alone.
The total value Of gold produced iu
1886 was 5000, 600, an increase Of
S3, 1876, OC0 over 1885.
The production Of silver decreased
i,om $5l 100000 In 1885, 10 IS. ,000, 900
1855
Tne production Of copper In 1885
amounted to 49,, 878, 03l pounds, q dc.
9, esse Of 10 PAS, b6i pounds from 1856.
The total production of lead increased
TO lSG 500 tons in 1856. In 1885 the
production wai l25,4i2 tons. The
production Of white lead In 1885 ia
estimated at 60.0O0 short tons. The
total value OF the oxides OF lead was
about 81 $4,000.
The ENC production wss 1894
short tone, an increrse OF 1868 short
tons over 1885. There are prepare.
tons Tor further IL crsa during 1857.
10 1888 the production OF quicksilver
in California was 20 9Sl TASKS. This
is decrease OF 2O92 fl.sks, but the
total value shows tn incieate OF $780,
Sll, due to an increase in prices.
The total production Of coke in 1888
WIS 6,S35, 00S short tors. This Is tie
Ia gest production ever reached in the
United Safe. The total production
OF petroleum was %, ll0,ll5 barrels Of
forty.two gallons each, of which the
Pennsylvania ana New York fields
produced 2i,799, 900 barrels, sn increase
OF 6,268. 074 barrels over 1885.
GEN. WIN. aKRK DUNN DEAD.
Bigaiier General VIM. Mckee
Dunn, United States Army, retired,
late Judge Adyncats General, died at
bis county residence, Maplewood.
Faiifax county, Va, this morning, in
his Beventy.second year. He was
born on the 18th Of d. cember, 1915,
in what was then Indian T,rritory.
He received q classical education.
graduating at the Indiana State Col.
lege in 1882, and at Yale In 1895. He
then studied law and entered upon
its pract CO. In lSiS he was a mem.
Der Of the State House OF Repre- senta.
tlves, and 10 1850 was a delegate 10
the State Constitutional Convention.
He was elected q Representative from
Indiana to the Thirty.six h Congress
a. q Republican, and was re.elsc,ed 10
the Thirty.seventh Congress. He was
defeated for reelection to the Thirty
eighth Congress. He served % an
aide on Gen. McOlellsn's staff In West
Virginia. Ia March, 1858, he was
commissioned ~ Major and Judge
Advocate tf Uoi ed States volunte, rs,
and in June, 1854, was promoed 10
be q Colonel aud Assistant Judge Ad.
voca'e General 10 the regular army.
He sa, breveted Brigajier General
in March, 1856, fer faithful, merito-
rlou, and distinguished esrvlces. 10
1866 he was a delegate to
tue Philadelphia "Loyalists" Con-
vrntion, and on December lst,
1875. he was appointed Judge Adyo-
cate General OF the army, with the
rank OF B'igsdier General. Tie held
the Office Of Judge Adv cate General
until January 30, 1881, when he was
placed on the re:red list, having
passed the aga OF sixty two.
Nm. RANDALL ON TuK RkyKsUK QuR1.
TIcT.
Mr.. Randal's recent letter 10 the
editor Of an Illinois paper on the
queetiou Of revenue reduction Ia read
With good del a interest here for
every body recognizes that Mr.. RAN
dali holds tbs key % iaia reyeaue
AID revenue reduction generally. II
is evident 10 q ose who know him an
who weigh his ards, that he IL q 1i,e
a. we'll assre oihs power a. any uod y
can h-, and that he proposes 10 make
use Of mis- opportunities 10 INSIST upon
a recognition OF bis views on tie cob
jscl. as has hardly been faid
IN this correspondence, he thinks
that tue entire Internal revenue
ought 10 be- wiped out be
fore the tariff II reduced; vel
no ia willing TO yield q part Of his
views, and II tbs tob- eco tax can be
removed and the iuTther reelection oil
tho revenue made by removing the
tariff IRON few articles which viii
not interfere with tho home manuiac,
,ufe, in case they are brought In large
quantities, he will be satisfied. Bul
II there is the same spirit shown
which was exhibited las, winter in re
fusing q consideration Of the tobacco
bill and q this or none Gag Ia held
over q low tarit bill, then look on, fJi
music In the next OongreEs.
Boss sHKuPnRRD ON WARRINGTON.
Bas Shepherd Ia the happlest mar
In Washington today. lilo came bach
10 find the city more beautiful than he
hai anticipated in his fight twenty
years ego, when he constructed Il
under fearful Gre OF opposition,
Better than that, he comes 90 tind him.
seli congratu a,ed and honored every.
where by the people Of the city, who
now se8 in him the genius which
made Washington the beautiful city
that II now Is. Talking OF Il a day OF
two ago, he sad: III had been
dropped down from the clouds for the
d s. time l could not have been more
surprised, the city could not have
been more unfamiliar TO mo. Born
and brought up In ihla city, aud IN
many yearo Gn active operator In real
estate here, I knew every corner OF
the city, but did not know il az Il ID
now. The immense number and the
great magniiicauce Of new buildings
that have gone up evoiywhere are
astonishing, and the growth Of shade
trees has changed the fare Of the city
from boundary 10 boundary. When
I left here In 1850, tkese trees ware
only little sprigs with no shade and
no beauty, but now most OF them are
foil grown, and one can drive for
miles over the smooth asphalt pave.
ment OF one street after another, and,
looking straight before him, acc
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